yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] KaliKot:
Yes whine more about a leaked firmware and a phone that's faster than the competition's with superior specs to boot.

If you're really pissed about Samsung firmware go install CM7 or something
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
You should sell it and go buy another device mate. It's not worth the hassle.
[Galaxy S II General] David Roosendaal:
+1
[Galaxy S II General] ardel:
newbie question: I have moved to KG5, but the battery goes down very fast. now I want to go back to previous firmware, which is from Orange Romania. I have downloaded an archive I found on internet, unzip the file, and I have in front of me two files, "GT-I9100_ORO_I9100BVKE2_I9100BVKE2_I9100OROKE2.TAR" and

GT-I9100_ORO_I9100BVKE2_Kernel.TAR. Could oyu be so kind to tell me which file and where the file should be placed on Odin? Many thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] atilla88:
The first one should be in odin under pda.the second one is used for rooting
[Galaxy S II General] Jigsy75:
I feel quite fortunate that we have so many options to try regarding all the available releases. I'm on KG6 at the moment and the difference coming from the 2nd update from Kies (sorry I forget which one it was) is fantastic. All the heat and battery drain problems I had before are now gone. I also feel the phone improves even more when rooting it and freezing unwanted bloat ware and back ground running applications. As for the wake up lag problems people are talking about I'm no expert but that has to be the phones way of saving power and increasing battery life? My PC does the same when it’s not in use and that also takes a split second to power up properly. Anyway enough of my rant I love the phone and glad I bought it I'm sure the vast majority of us feel the same.
[Galaxy S II General] JJEgan:
I am waiting for KH1 2 345678 etc five days and no August builds .

jje
[Galaxy S II General] ascariss:
I was updated via Kies to the latest official update in poland before this one, whatever that was.
[Galaxy S II General] rdy2go:
Battery charges slowly. 5-6 hours to charge fully compared to 3 hours with previous roms

kg6 ddidn't have that problem.

Anyone else?
[Galaxy S II General] yeeahnick:
I noticed that as well, at least through usb cable in PC. But i think the slower it takes to reach 100%, the longer the charge will last because all the cells are filled up to their most
[Galaxy S II General] yeeahnick:
Okay, so i decided to install KG5 last night and root. Today i notice that apps dont open when i click on a facebook link or youtube link. Instead they open in the Internet Browser on the mobile sites. I have cleared defaults of the browser, youtube, facebook but it did nothing besides ask me for my login info again. What should i do? Is it a bug with KG5? I have factory reset and same thing occurs. So how to i get it to prompt me with a message asking me which app i wanna view with?
[Galaxy S II General] ReeX:
Media Scanner fails reading properly .m4a tags and album cover art, in KG1... seems fixed with later releases
[Galaxy S II General] radiobicho:
Hi, everybody. I flashed XXKG5 over XXKG6 since it was released. FACTORY RESET. Rooted with CF-Root KG6. I tell you all: my SGSII now is FLYING!!!!!!!!! XXKG5 is the best rom ive ever tryied since i bought my phone in the first day of release. Smooth than ever. Great battery power. No lags at all. Gtalk video ok (I found it here on xda). Native browser fantastic - no flash bug!! For SIP (VOIP) i have 123Voip - working great. I have about 70 app installed - all working perfect!!! I really dont understand why guys has so many problemms after updating their phones if you find ALL INFORMATIONS here on XDA FORUM. Please, READ the trheads and make your phones PERFECT ONE!!!. Thanks Developers!!!! :) I will be always here appreciating your hard work.
[Galaxy S II General] ReeX:
Used spoofFw to trick Kies. Now Kies suggests to update firmware to

PDA: KE7

PHONE:KE1

CSC: KE5

Will go for KG5 and see what happens! :D
[Galaxy S II General] davidalow44:
2.3.4 is supposed to have a built-in SIP stack, configurable through settings->call. It was available on my installation of KG1, but not KG7. You're right - you can always install a SIP client with its own stack.
[Galaxy S II General] ReeX:
Just flashed KG5 from samfirmware.... a few thoughts:

- the package is a FULL package. Odin clearly showed what was flashing..., kernel, modem,CSC.... EVERYTHING in one big pot

- Once rebooted, it firstly did something stating cache was being cleared and trying to do something on CSC.

- Once finished it rebooted again.... and ALL my data was there (did a big backup before beginning.

- Now the bad part (stupid me) I have kept following this article... as a result, the phone was factory reset and LOST ALL DATA AND customization.

My two cents: why being so stupid as me and follow the last step? I'm almost sure this upgrade is a nonwipe.... and there's no need to clear everything!
[Galaxy S II General] zoule HCo:
owned this phone for almost 2 month i think i've received more than 10 update..

really nice bcoz Samsung look deep on it..

hope samsung release better update especially doing more improvement on battery life.

by the way i'm on custom rom.. but it would be better if samsung can fix the problem officially..
[Galaxy S II General] euphoria47:
Can somebody else confirm this?
[Galaxy S II General] ReeX:
One thng: the fw comes from sam_bla_bla_bla.com
[Galaxy S II General] mchu6am4:
Hi, can someone please tell me whether kg7 is for a uk phone as its abit confusing! Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
kg7 is the official 2.3.4 for brasil..

kg5 is the official 2.3.4 for poland..
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Not for Brazil!
[Galaxy S II General] RE795:
would tend to agree as kg7 only has VNO = Venezuela; TDR = Dominican Republic; TTT = Trinidad & Tobago CSU...;)
[Galaxy S II General] ReeX:
@Intratech, can you confirm samfwdotcom has a FULL KG5 (nowipe)? Did you install that as I did... or?
[Galaxy S II General] flyflot:
Hi

in my galaxy s2 csc itv if i will flash the kg5 the new csc what is?

There are possible problems with market, google maps or navigator?

Thanks.

Andrea
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I don't even know how to use samfwdotcom.:)

The firmwares in the thread in my sig are full firmwares and if they are not non-wipe they are labelled as being wipe firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] ReeX:
read: samfirmware
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I know what you mean. I still don't know how to use their website.
[Galaxy S II General] nicpol7:
sorry my mistake..
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
I assume the mistake stems from Samfirmware from what I gather reading the posts about it. No worries, it's not your fault.
[Galaxy S II General] Sérgio Luís:
It has Brazilian Language too. :)
[Galaxy S II General] RE795:
samfirmware has it listed as:-

firmware = I9100UHKG7; CSC = UUBKG6; Android 2.3.4; Country = Brazil; Date = 28/07/2011
[Galaxy S II General] j5br:
No news about UK firmarem? O :(
[Galaxy S II General] Manafa:
Is it possible to root KG5 and to have CWM? If it is, how? Or the only hope is Chainfire?
[Galaxy S II General] gberrios123:
hi

I flash kg2, kg3, kg5 and kg6. Im coming from UHKE2 and after I tried all of those I flash back my original stock rom. The kg have a lot of lag in the twlauncher and browser. The battery is incredible drain with kg rom. I know that ke2 is 2.3.3 but if you try it you will notice how fast and stable is. I flashed a lot of stock and custom roms and ke2 is the most superior. Sorry for my English but I need to write my experience. Everybody can flash this one and post another opinion. Thanks
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
Guess what? My UK firmware has Spanish, Portuguese and German languages along with tonnes of other languages. :eek::eek:
[Galaxy S II General] jackleung:
Anyone on AT&T can confirm if the APN settings is not missing like the leaked roms (e.g. KG6)?
[Galaxy S II General] davidalow44:
I bought my SG2 through Amazon. It came with UHKE2 and was set to the TTT CSC, and had a functional AT&T APN. Every time I've flashed since then, including my current UHKG7, I've had to re-create the AT&T APN manually. A minor nuisance.
[Galaxy S II General] radiobicho:
davidalow: try APN apk from market. it will configure automatically.
[Galaxy S II General] 0semaj0:
Hi guys and girls, new to the world of Samsung...from an experienced HTC modder to a noob runt...getting my head around all the XWKF bla bla...

Recently sold the dull and slow HTC Desire HD and knocked up a nice SGS2 from Germany, since then, rooted (thanks Chainfire). Over in NZ, updates take longer than a man giving birth...so decided to jump the gun and hit it...KG5 to be specific...when first flashed, prior to rooting again and/or reset...the overall launcher was slower than usual and the overall phone felt like something was dragging it slow, I believe it is MTP (whatever the heck that is...still figuring)...did a full reset in recovery...booted up and is noticably faster...so for those who claim KG5 being slightly laggy, just a full reset does the trick...KG5 also uses less RAM? so far so good...

Once again, thanks to all that have contributed...learnt heaps today!
[Galaxy S II General] Lownita:
Yes KG5 seems a bit laggy to me too!
[Galaxy S II General] flyflot:
Hi

with mi galaxy csc itv can i flash the kg5?

The change if csc make a problem?

It is compatible with my phone?

Thanks.

Andrea
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
Kg5 is very smooth after a wipe.
[Galaxy S II General] flyflot:
Wipe cache only?

Andrea
[Galaxy S II General] kostasalfa:
+1

I was reading the countless battery threads beeing in ke2.. I was then only losing like 1% max in standby per hour!! Now in latest (kies latest!) kf3 5% per hour in total standbye is a must.. Feels like a joke! Same everything of course. Now i am waiting for a new xwkg..something release to come from kies to check battery in 2.3.4 .. Dont have much hopes but lets see..
[Galaxy S II General] dindindores:
I have KG6, no probs except Gtalk video does NOT work :(
[Galaxy S II General] tuvi123:
KG5 is a bit laggy for me too..

KF2 was more stable.
[Galaxy S II General] koolshubh:
Even I got notified for this update yesterday when I connected my GS2 to kies..

But its not updatingg... After following the procedure for update like Backup data, Accept term and condition,etcc...

Kies is getting crashed...

On the step of 'Preparing Firmware Update Component' A window pops up saving 'Firmware Update Has Stopped Working'

And it stays like that.......I then I have to disconnet the phone.

Can any One help me with this???? :( :confused::confused:
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
Full wipe unfortunately.
[Galaxy S II General] mileinc:
I went from KE2 to KF3 (1rst update available to me)

and standby bater discharge per hour is less then 0.5% it was ~1%
[Galaxy S II General] douglatins:
How do i flash this, the files are all over the place, Which one is the PIT, PDA MODEM and CSC ?
[Galaxy S II General] AmesCell:
After reading of the 2.3.4 issues with this I was prepared to recreate the APN. Saved all the settings. Upgraded from 2.3.3 KE7 to KG5. Kept my APN. No issues.
[Galaxy S II General] dindindores:
Any of these KG5 & KG7 will have a working Gtalk Video???

(I have KG6 now and a big no!)
[Galaxy S II General] zamana:
Are you absolutely SURE that this KG7 "TTT" is for Brazil?

According to Samsung Letter Codes, TTT is supposed to be Trinidad And Tobago...

:confused:
[Galaxy S II General] Tiago Martines:
TTT is not for Brazil. It has the same languages as the Brazilian versions, so it's pretty much the same, but still, not the *real* thing :P
[Galaxy S II General] zamana:
Ok, thanks!
[Galaxy S II General] kolachaitu:
Try this app from the market to install GTalk video. market[dot]android[dot]com/details?id=com.brainwashstudio.talkinstaller
[Galaxy S II General] 0semaj0:
no need for PIT, should you do, you may brick.
[Galaxy S II General] Sleepycat3:
Do not flash the PIT file and do not repartition!!!!

Only flash the PDA, MODEM and CSC files.
[Galaxy S II General] 3000psi:
I updated to KG5 through Kies. The phone found and configured the "Cingular 410" APN. It was not there the first time I started the phone and it required a couple of tries (in the search for network operators menu) which is probably due to the poor coverage where I live.

SS
[Galaxy S II General] 0semaj0:
Ok, so a quick update, been using KG5 for a few hours now, so far so good overall...but is there a general launcher lag when using still wallpapers and oddly as it sounds, overall launcher is smoother when using LWP?

Also for anyone who happens to know...as part of 2.3.3, when you play a video (stock player) the video is automatically formed into landscape, however with 2.3.4 it is dendant on the orientation settings. Are there any ways to bypass this feature on 2.3.4 or any other way? I have always used Moboplayer which does force landscape regardless of 2.3.3 or 2.3.4 but would prefer stock player, thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] leony74:
Bro try using another pc or laptop at home install kies software on the another pc or laptop and then do it.
[Galaxy S II General] Sérgio Luís:
We know that.

Some users were asking if KG7 was Brazilian.

No it isn't, but it has Brazilian Language.

UK firmware has many languages but only Portuguese from Portugal.

Just to help users to find the right language.
[Galaxy S II General] cwepruk:
I want to do this through Heimdall, but it always gives me a "Firmware.xml not found" error.
[Galaxy S II General] xath23:
I know this doesn't exactly belong here but I'll ask anyway. I'm currently back on KG3 and I'm waiting for the official KIES release for europe. KIES does recognize my phone and the CSC is set right for my area. Does that mean KIES will notify me when the update is available or will I have to flash back to KF3 to get the update?
[Galaxy S II General] jerome.d:
You cannot directly flash a Odin package with Heimdall. You have to untar the package and indicate separately each file to Heimdall.

1) You first need the .pit file for your phone. If it is not provided in the Odin package, you can get one by using the 'utilities' tab in Heimdall (download pit file).

2) Then, untar the Odin package. This will give you a bunch of files (zImage, boot.bin, etc.). In the "flash" tab of Heimdall, once you have put your pit file in the required place, indicate to which partition goes each file (using the "add" button):

- BOOT -> boot.bin

- SBL1 -> Sbl.bin

- PARAM -> param.lfs

- KERNEL -> zImage

- CACHE -> cache.img

- MODEM -> modem.bin

- FACTORYFS -> factoryfs.img

- HIDDEN -> hidden.img

3) Then you can press "flash".
[Galaxy S II General] tiggerrdrr:
UK (xeu)

anyone seen the Uk update from Kies at all?, cant seem to get it to show up at all at the moment.
[Galaxy S II General] psp888:
nope, dunno why they are taking so long over it
[Galaxy S II General] tiggerrdrr:
Thought id read on Samfirmware twitter feed it had been released and read through it again and noticed it was for the i9000.. must have been half asleep:o
[Galaxy S II General] j5br:
Hi, i've update to KG7 With android 2.3.4...

But, no way to get Gtalk video chat working, the icon does not appear, im over wifi using my home pc with another google account with video chat support...

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] estpoc:
If you have root just intall the video version with [root] Talk 1.3 Installer, that can easily be downloaded from the market.
[Galaxy S II General] j5br:
Thanks! Now its working.

But... strange that GTalk didnt work in the first place since im already using 2.3.4.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II General] joelteixeira:
Because it has the same languages doesn't make it a Brazilian ROM. This isn't only wrong but also leads less experienced users to install a ROM that was not designed for their region. The language itself is just a detail, the baseband reflects operator's parameters of each country. Using a wrong baseband may be sometimes harmless. Other times can significantly impair the quality of the signal, data networks, network and so on.

This thread is wrong and, IMO, the OP should fix it.
[Galaxy S II General] joelteixeira:
Silverwings2008,

Thank you for the quick fix and your attention.

All the best.
[Galaxy S II General] andresalonika:
Just installed KG5 and its laggy when switching between homescreens with a few icons on them..Also i cant send a full sms when typing in Greek language, i get limited by the letters i can type. Another thing is i see OXA csc from the phone and XEU in Kies..I'm kind of annoyed with this lag when switching homescreens and i am wondering is it too difficult for this dual core and 1gig ram to have that kind of lags especially when using the latest firmware..?? :confused: How can many people say this is official firmware????? :eek: :p
[Galaxy S II General] renegats:
i come form KF3 and with all KG firmwares (stock or custom rom/kernel) my phone awakes it self time to time from idle at night (can see in battery usage graph blue stripe on and off- awake). with KF battery used to drop 2-3% during night (6-7 hours) with cell reception only turned on (wi-fi, 3G off). now with KG3,5,6 it is 10-12% drop, I have not added new widgets and apps since kf3, done clean installs, caches wiped, samsung stuff, wi-fi sharing removed or frozen same as on KF3 and still no luck. thinking to go back to KF3.

does any one has encountered same problems?
[Galaxy S II General] kitch9:
KG5 is laggy until phone is fully wiped. No way to avoid it either.

OXA is a multi CSC that contains XEU, so both Kies and your phone is correct.
[Galaxy S II General] pan24:
nothing yet in greece.i hope the update will come soon
[Galaxy S II General] JBL74:
I have wiped my phone. Still having that lag.
[Galaxy S II General] nagibmelo:
Does this version gets the Daily Briefing? it's something I really use and enjoy. It's a need! I've tried others but didnt like any other.
[Galaxy S II General] kurtkbee:
I have a unbranded UK import (running on AT&T) also and I do not see this firmware on kies.

I really dont want to use odin, so I will just wait.
[Galaxy S II General] davidalow44:
While this response raises several good points, it should be remembered that one of the objectives of GSM is interoperability among different locales. When residents of Trinidad&Tobago, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic travel to Brazil, they change their SIM cards, not their ROMs.

In particular, I have been using a UHK (Chilean?) PDA and radio with a T&T CSC in the USA with AT&T for a couple of months. And the only thing that happened so far was a stock market crash.
[Galaxy S II General] joelteixeira:
We can not forget that the baseband manages more than just the GSM signal. If someone uses the phone only to make and receive calls (unusual nowadays), there is no reason to worry about the baseband.

If we forget about GSM (2G) and start to think about UMTS (3G), then the problem comes up. Like you said before, you can travel and stick to your phone (completely true when your are talking about calls). But if your destination country uses different frequencies for UMTS/HSPA you will have only 2G data (EDGE) and I'm pretty sure that someone have paid 800 bulks on a mobile phone won't be happy with 10Kbps transfer rate.

Sometimes, even inside the same country we have different frequencies depending which operator you use. I switched from operator once because of this.

UMTS frequency table here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands

In a general way:

Europe: 900 e 2100 MHz

United States: 850 e 1900 MHz

Brazil: 850 e 2100 MHz

It's exactly because of this kind of stuff that we have threads like this:

http://android.modaco.com/topic/335494-18-jul-smartflash-stock-baseband-release-103521-20110622/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1131950

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1133527

You will find ppl saying that baseband Y it's amazing, and someone referring to the same baseband saying "doest work on UK Vodafone". Et cetera.
[Galaxy S II General] tonycfc:
Recently I have just updated my completely stock phone from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4. I have been using 2.3.3 UHKE2(baseband) for quite a long time and when this update came, I updated my phone through Kies to 2.3.4 UHKG4(baseband).

Android version: 2.3.4

Baseband version: I9100UHKG4

Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-I9100UHKG7-CL417954 se.infra@SEP-50 #2

Build number: GINGERBREAD.UHKG7

'Android OS' bug is still pretty much baked in and not gone! As I saw a few posts earlier, I also experienced some lags when scrolling through homepages and through apps inside a folder.

EDIT: After a factory wipe, I am still experiencing the above mentioned lag but the 'Android OS' bug seems to go away already. Anyways, if the bug came back, you can just reboot the phone(just a temporary fix).
[Galaxy S II General] maximusl:
Which baseband should I choose for Republic of Georgia? Anyone?

Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] galaxyII:
I upgraded from KF2 to KG5

IMO KF2 was much faster in terms of screen wakeup and WLAN browsing compared to KG5

not sure if its only for me
[Galaxy S II General] joelteixeira:
Check here buddy

http://www.samfirmware.com/samfit.htm

then, go here:

http://www.samfirmware.com/WEBPROTECT-i9100.htm

maybe you'll need to create an account on samfirmware site, maybe not... dunno.
[Galaxy S II General] ark_daemon:
hi guys,

I'm using KG7 (GT-I9100_VNO_I9100UHKG7_I9100UHKG4_I9100UUBKG6)

PDA: I9100UHKG7

Phone: I9100UHKG4

CSC: I9100UUBKG6

CWM 4.1 (CF-Root-SGS2_UH_MUL_KG7-v4.1-CWM4) (don't know if this is the right version, but worked for me)

and Talk 1.3 with a/v <- forget it, I'm getting FC when starting a videocall... =/

For languages I got:

Phone Interface: English, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean (I think)

In Swype: US English, Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish and Korean

In Samsung kb: lot of crap (no pt-br)

EDGE and UMTS are working fine.
[Galaxy S II General] almorsol:
Does this solves the HDSPA and 3G issues? Losing the connection.

Does anybody know?
[Galaxy S II General] Pender666:
Anyone having issues with KG7?

Mine MTP application doesnt open. It connects and only get a notification its connected but on homescreeen. I can navigate throught all option of the phone connected.

I am having issues with 3G. I'm using TIM on Rio de Janeiro (Botafogo) and it gets disconnected a lot of time, sometimes I must restart the phone to get connected on HSDPA or 3G.

On the battery meter screen, my signal is dark yellow almost all the time, sometimes it is bright yellow.

My signal strenght is around 9~12 asu.

Any tips?

Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S II General] Fabriciohss:
Same thing happening here, KG7, TIM, 3G gets disconnected (although not that often, it happens basically when I'm moving around the city, entering the underground parking lot, or taking the elevator) and, no matter what I do, it will only regain signal after a full reboot.

I'm from São Paulo though.
[Galaxy S II General] Pender666:
And how about the MTP application? Is it going back to home screen or it stays on MTP aplication screen?
[Galaxy S II General] RaulGuichard:
Im using KG7 now, in Peru with movistar carrier and I'm having the same issues about losing connection, I have disabled fast dormancy to see how it goes, I'll have updates tomorrow (from what I know fast dormancy doesn't help if the network isn't optimized for it, which in this case isn't so I guess disabling it won't have negative effects and might help with the loosing connectivity problem, correct me if I'm wrong)

So far I'm linking this build, it seems light and good on battery, but that may be because I wiped my phone for flashing this one..

What I don't like about it is that it has an old version of swype (I'm using the brazilian build) and the browser doesn't seem to work very well, at least not as it did on poland's kg5 seems flash banners get off place when zooming..

Mtp application doesn't open but I can see the phone in kies or in windows explorer so I don't find any problem with that..
[Galaxy S II General] apeatan:
i updated mine via kies it confirmed all but in "about phone" only baseband version was changed to KG5 rest didn't it is still at android 2.3.3 :confused: